In English, we have a name for animals and a different name for the meat. For example, we say cow for the animal, but we say beef for the meat. Sheep is the name of the animal, but the meat is called mutton. A pig is an animal, but the meat is called pork. How did this happen? The animal names are old English names, but the names of meat came later from French. Korean is similar. It has a word for live fish and a different word for the fish meat that we eat. Mulkogi is the word for live fish, and sengson is the word for fish meat. The first is an old Korean word, and the other came later from Chinese characters. (125 words)

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